Wa (Upper West), 29th June, 99 ?
The Upper West Regional Branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the TUC last year paid 60.9 million cedis as income tax to the Internal Revenue Service.
This shows an improvement of 8.4 million cedis compared to 52.5 million cedis paid in 1997.
Mr Nuhu Mahama, Regional Industrial Relations Officer, attributed the revenue improvement to the existing co-operation between GPRTU guards and the police at the barriers and the opening of new branches in the region.
Mr Mahama told a regional executive council meeting at Wa on Sunday that transportation has improved considerably following the allocation of 22 buses to the region in 1996.
Mr David Osei-Wusu, Upper West Regional Minister who was present at the meeting advised them to take interest in the maintenance of their vehicles..
He asked the Union not to prevent other transport organisations from using the lorry parks, saying "your duty is only to collect revenue for the government".
The Regional Minister appealed to all those allocated with buses on "work and pay basis" to fulfil their obligations to the government which guaranteed their loans.